Microsoft Takes Another Shot at Google Apps
Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 May 2012 07:33 Written by Alan Wednesday, 9 May 2012 07:33
Over the past few months Microsoft has taken several shots at Google, mostly with videos like Googlightling and Cupcakes. They have also offered instructions for users to move their Google Docs to Office web Apps. Now they are at it again, except this time it’s a slide show presentation that pits Office 365 against Google Apps. Office 365 is the professional version of Office Web Apps, much as Google Apps aims at corporations while Google Docs is aimed at more casual users.
The simple new nine slide presentation was posted to the MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) blog today by Microsoft UK. It offers a frame by frame comparison of the two services. It points out the differences, such as security and privacy, customized versus generic dashboards, feature roadmaps, differences in support, and more.
While we have used both services here, we have never done a head-to-head comparison, but this got us thinking that one may be on the way in our very near future. In the meantime, you can check out the Microsoft slide show posted below. Stayed tuned for that battle in a future post.
Office 15 on a Windows 8 ARM Tablet Screenshots Leaked
Last Updated on Sunday, 6 May 2012 07:34 Written by Alan Sunday, 6 May 2012 07:34
Office 15 is starting to make more appearances on the web lately, with screenshots leaking out, many of which are from the private beta that is currently being run by a few handpicked testers. Microsoft is also working on it’s first ever ARM version of Windows, which they have branded Windows 8 RT.
The latest leak comes from the venerable Business Week, who managed to get their hands on an ARM tablet running both Windows 8 RT and Office 15. What they reveal is that Office 15 has been ported to ARM in-tact, with no noticeable missing features. There is nothing new about Office 15 that is revealed in these shots, so there isn’t much to say. You can check out a pair of them that we have posted below, and for the rest you can head over to Business Insider.
A public beta of Office 15 is expected in June of this year and the final release is expected in late 2012, around the same time as Windows 8 should be released.
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Microsoft Beefs Up “Help” Search for Office
Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 April 2012 07:06 Written by Alan Wednesday, 25 April 2012 07:06
No matter how much you think you know about Office every one of us ends up clicking the “Help” link at some point. Now Microsoft has announced that they are trying to make that resulting list of topics more relevant for Office users. The Help feature has been part of Office since the start, and over that time it hasn’t changed much, except for the brief life of “Clippy”. Now Microsoft is opening up the search to include the internet – both their own forums and third-party web sites.
“Many people are using Office products in creative, inspiring ways. Some of these people are publishing how-to articles to their own sites, answering questions in forums, putting free Office tutorials on YouTube, and so on. We want you to be able to tap into this wealth of content, so that you have a better chance of finding the answer to your question.”
That’s not only good news for those search the Help area in Office, but also for bloggers, since it’s a potential new traffic source. Microsoft’s own results will still appear at the top of the search results, but now other sites will appear further down the page.
The new search results are available in both Office 2007 and 2010 for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access. Microsoft announced these changes earlier today over at the Office Blog.
